Allentown serial killer gets life for waiving appeals

ALLENTOWN (AP) — Prosecutors say a serial killer who terrorized Allentown in the early 1990s has agreed to give up his appeal rights in a rape and murder case in exchange for a sentence of life in prison.

Lehigh County District Attorney James Martin said 38-year-old Harvey Robinson was officially sentenced Friday to life in prison for raping and killing 15-year-old Charlotte Schmoyer in 1993. He agreed to withdraw all appeals in the case and to never seek a pardon or commutation of his sentence.

Robinson was convicted in 1994 of the rape and murder of Charlotte, a newspaper carrier, and two other women, Joan Burghardt and Jessica Fortney.